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The Clockwork Atom Bomb
"The Clockwork Atom Bomb" is a 2005 science fiction short story by British writer Dominic Green. It was first published in '' Interzone''. Plot summary Mativi is a weapons inspector for the United Nations, whose mission to Kinshasa is hindered by the local residents' insistence that his actions will disrupt their economy. Reception "The Clockwork Atom Bomb" won the 2005 ''Interzone'' readers' poll as the most popular story of the year, and was a finalist for the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. from '' Locus magazine'' It was also included in the 23rd edition of '' |
Dominic Green (science Fiction Writer)
Dominic Green (born 1967) is a British writer of short science fiction. His short story " The Clockwork Atom Bomb" was nominated for a 2005 Hugo Award. Green is best known for his stories published in '' Interzone'' during the 1990s and 2000s (decade), many of which have been reprinted in various Year's Best anthologies. ''Interzone'' published a special issue devoted to Green and his stories in July 2009. Biography Green has lived for much of his life in Bakewell and Northampton. He graduated in English from St Catharine's College, Cambridge and works in information technology. He is married to the painter Allyson X. Green and until recently taught Kung Fu part-time. In 2010, Fingerpress brought out Green's first published novel, ''Smallworld''. In 2011, he electronically published a young adult SF novel, ''Saucerers and Gondoliers'', the first of a series set in and around the fictional United States of the Zodiac, a secret set of colonies in space involved in a struggle for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquarters of the United Nations, headquartered on extraterritoriality, international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, United Nations Office at Vienna, Vienna, and Peace Palace, The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for United Nations Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Short Stories
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
